Tadesse Werede

Lieutenant General
Tadesse Werede
Wedi Werede
ታደሰ ወረደ (ወዲ ወረደ)
Commander in Chief, Tigray Defense Forces
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byTsadkan Gebretensae
Army Corps Commander, Tigray Defense Force
In office
2020–2021
Head of the Joint Training Department, Ethiopian National Defense Force
Head of Mission and Force Commander for United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
In office
27 July 2011 – 12 March 2013
Nominated byBan Ki-moon
Succeeded byYohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam
Personal details
Born (1958-07-13) July 13, 1958 (age 66)
Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopian Empire
NationalityEthiopia Ethiopian

Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay (Tigrinya: ታደሰ ወረደ (ወዲ ወረደ)) is Commander-in Chief of the Tigray Defense Forces. He was born in Mekelle, a city in Enderta woreda of the Tigray Region.[1]

He was the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from its inception in 2011 until 2013. He was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to implement the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the region of Abyei in Sudan, an oil-producing region with disputable borders between the governments of Sudan and South Sudan.[2]

UNISFA was established by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990 of 27 June 2011.[3] Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay was appointed to oversee the monitoring and verification of the withdrawal of all armed forces in Abyei.[4]

  1. ^ Dimtsi Weyane, 18 June 2021, ምስ ኣዛዚ ሰራዊት ትግራይ ተጋዳላይ ታደሰ ወረደ (ወዲ ወረደ) ዝተገበረ ቃለ መሕትት
  2. ^ "UN Chief names commander of Abyei peacekeeping mission, Sudan Tribune, 07-30-2011". Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  3. ^ "Security Council sets up UN security force for disputed Sudanese town of Abyei", UN News Centre, 06-27-2011
  4. ^ "UN Appoints Commander for Abyei Peacekeeping Force", Voice of America, 07-27-2011